It's never not a good time to don a giant mechanical suit, head into a derelict space craft, and purge some alien scum. Such is the life of a space marine int the Warhammer 40K universe. This week Mike, Jason, and Nick check out the latest update to Space Hulk: Deathwing - the tactical FPS from Streum On Studio on PC. The game has received a consistent series of updates since its release last December and the latest patch adds new abilities on top of other great additions like randomized levels and tweaked enemies. The game is also coming out on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this Fall. As always, you can catch us Monday nights at 10PM live for our streams on Mixer - where you can see all of our player's perspectives in co-op.

Gauntlet and Smash TV fans, rejoice! A new twin-stick shooter that draws inspiration from both of those titles has arrived today in the form of Iron Crypticle. This new game from Confused Pelican Games and Tikipod has a decidedly retro look and feel that makes me wish the arcade industry hadn't all but died out.Iron Crypticle allows up to four players to team up locally to rescue the princess from a "mysterious, malevolent force," and win back the kingdom's treasure. Each player controls his/her own knight and can pick up coins to use in between levels to buy useful items, as well as gobble up food to earn experience and upgrade their abilities.Iron Crypticle is out today for the PlayStation 4, and out tomorrow for the Xbox One and PC.

Today Team Ninja released details on their next Nioh DLC entitled "Defiant Honor." The second of three currently planned Nioh DLC, Defiant Honor will provide more content and player experience options on July 25th.Players who either purchase the DLC for $9.99, or have access to the Season Pass, will be able to visit the new Osaka Castle location, complete with the legendary warrior Sanada Yukimura and new enemy types. They will also get access to a whole new weapon type (the Tonfa), new armor pieces, new magic items, and new guardian spirits. Further difficulty levels and trophies are also being introduced with this DLC, though the exact number and nature of each were not specified.Nioh is currently available on PS4 with 2-player online co-op in the game's missions. The Defiant Honor DLC will be out on July 25th, with a third DLC ("Bloodshed's End") planned to release at a later date.

This summer is off to a really strong start for MMO players. Following the launch of ESO: Morrowind at the end of May, some other big titles landed at the end of June after June’s column went out, so we’ll be doubling back into June to take a look at them in this July’s issue of MMO Co-Opportunities. Specifically, we’ll be covering the launch of FF14: Stormblood and the relaunch/reboot of Secret World Legends

Can you believe it?  Another weekend is just over the horizon!  Many of us are still recovering from a long weekend, so it'll be nice to have a fresh chance to take care of all those things we said we were going to do last weekend but then got caught up in the wild world of speedrunning.We've got a good bit of Switch gaming on the docket this weekend, with some of the Co-Opticrew diving into the best the console has to offer, and others diving into the rest.  Check it out!Nick Puleo (@NickPuleo) - "Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has its hooks into me."

One of the bigger reveals during this year's E3 was Monster Hunter: World, the first non-handheld/mobile title from the long-running franchise to be released in recent history. The debut trailer showed some clips of a hunter tracking down his prey and engaging it, and now the full 24-minute gameplay video is available.While there's no mention or sight of the four player online co-op in this clip, it's still a good rundown of the game's mechanics and some of the new features players will be able to enjoy, like pitting two monsters against each other in order to weaken your prey.Hopefully there'll be more news about the co-op in the coming months once the title makes the circuit through Gamescom in August and PAX Prime in September.

The latest update to Bioware's Mass Effect: Andromeda includes a number of fixes and tweaks to people's faces, which tended to go... awry, but more importantly (for us) it also added a new difficulty mode for the co-op mode. Along with that, a familiar alien race should be making its appearance in the mode's newest APEX right about now.The patch notes, which can be read in full over here, are rather vague about the whole thing and only say "also added Platinum difficulty to Multiplayer, featuring a new mixed enemy faction." However, the original tweet that teased this new mode also included a video of a Batarian, one of the alien species that made its debut (in a manner of speaking) in Mass Effect 2. Then, just a few moments ago, the Mass Effect Twitter account announced the new APEX mission (Firebase Magma) that gives players a chance to unlock a new class: the Batarian Scrapper.Breach hostile terrain with APEX in Firebase Magma. Jump into the fray for a chance to unlock the new Batarian Scrapper. pic.twitter.com/ruJCfNyY5T

Not to be outdone by Steam, Microsoft kicked off their Ultimate Game Sale last Friday with deals on 350+ titles, many of which can be played cooperatively, like Gears of War 4 or Halo Wars 2. This sale ends on Monday, June 10, so you still have some time to take advantage of these savings.Here's all the co-op games that are on sale:

We've added Iron Crypticle for the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to our database of Co-Op games!

We've added Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One to our database of Co-Op games!